For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come. | For, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. |
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day. | How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. |
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See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they? | Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? |
Who can find a worthy woman? For her value is far above rubies. | A capable wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. |
Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God. But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. | Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight. But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. |
Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. | Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. |
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. | Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. |
Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! | Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! |
But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God. | But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace. |
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth. | The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the mind of the wicked is of little worth. |
Doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself. | Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. |
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love. | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love. |
Knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ. | You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. |